BonfotonUP Turns Your Room into a Camera Obscura

BonfotonUP Turns Your Room into a Camera Obscura

BonfotonUp is one of those devices that may not change your life, but it will allow you to enjoy something as interesting as the possibility of creating your own camera obscura . So you only need one room or space, to be able to put it completely in the dark and only let the light pass through this device.

How a camera obscura works

The concept of camera obscura dates back to 1604, although it is actually older and there are those who believe that it was invented in Baghdad in the 10th century AD However, in that year of 1600 was when Johannes Kepler used the term to describe how it worked this particular invention.

Since then, the optical instrument was not only important for the future development of the telescope, but also for the birth of photography itself. So surely you are already realizing why it is still something that attracts so much attention when it comes to talking about it.

Regarding the operation, which is what matters if you still did not know the concept, it is quite simple. The camera obscura is basically a box where light only enters through a small hole in one of its walls. In this way, due to how the light is programmed, the exterior image is projected onto the opposite wall or surface.

Of course, the image is inverted by the same rectilinear propagation of light, but it can be inverted again through the use of lenses. Therefore, it is not difficult to obtain a projection of the exterior that is seen in a normal way inside said dark chamber.

BonfotonUP, create a camera obscura wherever you want

Knowing how a camera obscura works, the BonfotonUP is nothing more than a device that allows you to create your own camera obscura wherever you go. You will only need a space where you can control (cover) all the light that can enter from outside so that it is completely dark and then set a point where the light will enter and where you will place the device.

In the video that you can see below you can clearly see how it works and everything that it allows. Because one of the attractions of this BonfotonUP is not only that the image looks good and not inverted, but also that there are options to use different lenses and even modify the inclination of the lens so that the projected image is what interests us.